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Hymns and Tunes 1886 431

Hamburg

Music: Gregorian, arr. by Lowell MasonTune: HamburgL.M.

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1O that my load of sin were gone! O that I could at last submit At Jesus' feet to lay it down— To lay my all at Jesus' feet!

2Rest for my soul I long to find; Saviour of all, if mine thou art, Give me thy meek and lowly mind, And stamp thine image on my heart.

3Break off the yoke of inbred sin, And fully set my spirit free; I cannot rest till pure within, Till I am wholly lost in thee.

4Fain would I learn of thee, my God; Thy fight and easy burden prove, The cross, all stained with hallowed blood, The labour of thy dying love.

5I would, but thou must give the power; My heart from every sin release; Bring near, bring near the joyful hour, And fill me with thy perfect peace.

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary · * a word sung short, as “heav’n”

Verse 1

O that my load of sin were gone!˘˘˘/˘/˘/8A
O that I could at last submit˘˘˘˘˘/˘/8B
At Jesus' feet to lay it down—˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
To lay my all at Jesus' feet!˘/˘/˘/˘/8D

Verse 2

Rest for my soul I long to find; Saviour of all, if mine thou art, Give me thy meek and lowly mind, And stamp thine image on my heart./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘////˘//˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘/33A

Verse 3

Break off the yoke of inbred sin, And fully set my spirit free; I cannot rest till pure within, Till I am wholly lost in thee.//˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘//˘˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 4

Fain would I learn of thee, my God;/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Thy fight and easy burden prove,//˘/˘/˘/8B
The cross, all stained with hallowed blood,˘///˘/˘/8C
The labour of thy dying love.˘/˘˘//˘/8D

Verse 5

I would, but thou must give the power;˘˘˘///˘/8A*
My heart from every sin release;˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
Bring near, bring near the joyful hour,////˘/˘/8A
And fill me with thy perfect peace.˘/˘˘/˘//8B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.